Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned research on people’s experiences of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance.

The department commissioned research on experiences of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance. The department is reviewing the research results as part of our wider policy development and thinking around Carer’s Allowance. We need to ensure that policy makers and Ministers are able to do so based on the evidence and without fear of premature disclosure. Therefore, we will not publish the report while this process is ongoing. If we decide to publish our findings, we will make them available to Parliament and online.